Philip of Oldcoates
Philip of Oldcoates | |
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Sheriff of Northumberland | |
In office 1212 – February 1220 | |
Personal details | |
Died | shortly before 19 November 1220 |
Spouse | Johanna |
Philip of Oldcoates (or Philip Oldcoates,[1] Philip de Ulcotes,[2] Philip de Ulecot; died 1220) was an English nobleman and royal official.
Royal service
Philip first appears in the historical record in 1194 when he was deprived of his lands at
When John was succeeded by his underage son
Death and legacy
In late 1220 Philip was sent to Poitou as seneschal, but he died before 19 November 1220 while on his way to take up that office.[3]
Philip married Johanna, the daughter of Robert de Meinil early in John's reign. He paid the king a fine of 100 pounds and a warhorse for the marriage. He had no legitimate offspring and his heirs were his five sisters.[3]
Roger of Wendover included Philip in his list of King John's "most wicked counsellors" in Roger's entry for 1211 in his chronicle Flores Historiarum and this judgement was echoed by Matthew Paris in Paris' continuation of the Flores.[6]
Citations
References
- Todd, John M. (2004). "Oldcoates , Sir Philip of (d. 1220)". required)
- Turner, Ralph V. (2005). King John: England's Evil King?. Stroud, UK: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-3385-7.
- Vincent, Nicholas. "King John's evil counsellors (act. 1208–1214)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 January 2016. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ISBN 0-520-03643-3.
- West, Francis (1966). The Justiciarship in England 1066–1232. Cambridge, UK: OCLC 953249.